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Graduate Program Resources
The diverse research interests of the faculty members of the Graduate
Microbiology Program are reflected in their department affiliations.
Graduate study can involve faculty from
Agronomy;
Animal Science;
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology;
Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering;
Entomology;
Food Science and Human Nutrition;
Genetics, Development and Cell Biology;
Geological and Atmospheric Sciences;
Natural Resource Ecology and Management;
Plant Pathology;
Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine;
Veterinary Microbiology and Preventive Medicine; and
Veterinary Pathology.
In addition to the departments, faculty may be located at a national laboratory or a company on or near the ISU campus including the National Soil Tilth Laboratory, National Animal Disease Center and National Veterinary Services Laboratory. All students have access to state-of-the-art facilities for graduate education and research in microbiology. Where the student does research depends on the departmental affiliation of the mentor.
Research Facilities:
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Bessey Hall Microscopy Facility (SEM,
TEM, light microscopy, X-ray microanalysis, immunocytochemistry, image
analysis);
- Cell and Hybridoma Facility (flow cytometric
analysis, cell sorting, hybridoma and monoclonal antibody consultation
and/or production);
- Chemical
Instrumentation Facility (NMR, GC-MS, X-ray diffraction, UV-Vis, IR
& FT-IR spectrophotometry);
- Confocal Microscopy Facility (real-time optical
sectioning of fixed and living specimens);
- DNA Sequencing and
Synthesis Facility (oligonucleotide synthesis, automated DNA
sequencing, automated genotyping, quantitative PCR);
- Environmental Engineering Research Laboratory
(state-of-the-art chemical analysis, atomic absorption spectophotometry,
automated analysis, gas chromatography, carbon analysis and most other wet
chemical analysis - formally Analytical services Laboratory);
- Fermentation Facility (services include the
production of microbial cells and their metabolites, rated for BL1
containment);
- GeneChip Facility (provides services for analysis of
Affymetrix GeneChip® microarrays that can be used for the study of
global patterns of gene expression);
- Image Analysis Facility (2D and 3D imaging resources
for sample measurement or visualization, digital image processing,
quantitative analysis of images);
- Mass Spectrometry Unit (a gas isotope ratio mass
spectrometer (GIRMS) for the determination of stable isotope ratios of
carbon (13C/12C), nitrogen
(15N/14N), and hydrogen (D/H) in CO2,
N2, and H2 gas at environmental or low enrichment
levels);
- MicroArray Facility
(provides access to equipment for the production and analysis of MicroArray
chips);
- Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Facility (500 MHz NMR
spectrometer is available to researchers for analysis of biological
macromolecules in solution);
- Plant Transformation Facility (offers research
partnerships for the genetic transformation of crops, major target crops
are corn and soybeans);
- Protein Facility (amino acid analysis, peptide
synthesis, protein/peptide sequencing, MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry);
- Proteomics Facility
(provides acces to a Voyager DE-Pro MALDI-TOF mass spectrometer for
proteome analysis in high-throughput applications);
Computation Facilities:
The University has extensive computer facilities. ISU's Academic Information
Technologies (AIT) supports three computer platforms for student, faculty and
staff use in research and instruction. These include Project Vincent, a
state-of-the-art network of more than 550 UNIX workstations that are upgraded
periodically with the most recent technological advances. Other avaliable platforms are Macintosh and Windows microlabs, which are available at
many locations on the campus and on-line access available for the Wisconsin GCG
Sequence and Analysis Software package and the GenEMBL Nucleic Acid and Protein
Sequence Databases, which are updated quarterly.
Most faculty have microcomputers or Vincent workstations in their offices and laboratories. Ethernet lines are available in all offices and laboratories to connect microcomputers to the UNIX/Project Vincent system. In addition to all of these computer capabilities which are readily available to graduate students there are various support systems available for students to learn to use the computers.
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